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In Lucknow, as in other parts of the world, graves mean little to some people, but a search on the internet proves otherwise! What one will find on this blog isn't even 'a drop in the vast ocean' of tears that would have been shed if it were possible to calculate. The names, the sad poetry, quotes and expression of grief of the loved ones all being ground to dust. "...We always say that the history of a parish is in its graveyards..." Passage West (from a blog and book by Jim Murphy)

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Dorothy Maude McFarland 1925-2006

IN MEMORY OF
DOROTHY MAUDE MCFARLAND
BELOVED WIFE OF
DESMOND
&
MOTHER OF
BRIAN, CLINTON & CARLYLE
BORN ON 20TH JULY 1925
DEPARTED THIS LIFE 21ST DECEMBER 2006.

Brian, the eldest, died in 1999. All three sons studied in La Martiniere College, Lucknow. Walter James McFarland, father of Desmond McFarland, died in 1928.

May 8 2016 -- Carlyle McFarland has completed five years
as Principal, La Martiniere College, Lucknow

(The only menhir in this cemetery, may the only one in any cemetery! --- Pic taken May 27, 2013 Nishatganj
Cemetery, Lucknow)

2 comments:

D ChakAugust 2, 2011 at 1:54 AM
Brian Mcfarland was a classmate and good friend at La Martiniere in the early 60s. Is this the same Brian who lived in Hazratganj behind Mercury drycleaners ? What a pity if it is and obviously an untimely death.How?

Sorrowfully
Dhruva Chak Email : dchak1515@gmail.com
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